Brush-cutter.



COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON. n. c.

-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY HAUSER, OF KILLAM, ALBERTA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANCIS EDWARD NICHOL, 0F KILLAM, ALBERTA, CANADA.

BRUSH-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY, HAUSER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at the town of Killam, Province of Alberta, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush-Cutters, of which the following is. a specification.

My invention relatse to improvements in brush cutters, and the principal obj ect of my invention is to construct a brush cutter so that the same may be mounted in front of and attached to any type of traction engine, and one which is simple in construction and mounted so that while it may be raised and lowered it will be held from sliding'sidewise.

Another object of my invention is to construct my brush cutter so that the cutting blades or knives thereof will be positioned sufliciently below the platform of the cutter so that the sides of the cutter frame will cause the cut brush to be deposited at each side of the traction engine clear of the wheels thereof, and my brush cutter comprises a V-shaped frame which is provided with a push-bar which extends underneath the traction engine and is provided at its inner end with means whereby it is hinged to the draw-bar, a channel-iron bar being secured to each side of said frame to which are secured the cutting blades or knives, and a cutting cap-plate carried by the forward end of the cutter and securing the forward ends of the said cutting blades or knives together, suitable means being provided for bracing said push-bar from the front axle, and for raising or lowering the brush cutter, as hereinafter more particularly set forth.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my brush cutter showing the same connected to a tractlon engine which is shown diagrammatically. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section on the l1ne a-b, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on the line o-d, Fig. 1.

In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The V-shaped frame A is composed of the side-bars B which are secured by any suitable means not necessary to illustrate at their forward ends to the forward end 0 of the push-bar D.

E is the platform which is made of any suitable material, such as wood or sheet H011, and the same is suitably secured to the bars .knives or blades have their forward ends secured together and held in relationship by means of a cap-plate I which is suitably riveted or otherwise secured thereto. The forward end of this cap-plate is and the sides thereof are sharpened, and

' placed in alinement with the cutting edges of the blades or knives H, thereby providing each side of the cutter with a cutting edge from the forward point J of the cutter to the rear ends of the said knives. As the "traction engine advances, the brush cutter is brought into contact with the brush and so cuts it. Since the blades or knives H are a considerable distance below the platform E, the vertical flange K of each channeliron bar F performs the function of causing the cut brush to be deposited clear of the wheels of the traction engine. It will of course be understood that the greatest transverse width of the brush cutter is sufficient to cause the cutter to cut a swath greater than the distance between the outer edges of the traction wheels of the engine to prevent the same from crushing the uncut brush.

The vertical flanges K are secured to the side bars B by any well-known means. The push-bar D extends underneath the traction engine, and the same is provided at its inner end with a clevis 2 which passes through the link O held in the draw-bar 3. 4 is a bolt which passes through the ends 5 of the said clevis. A chain or cable, 6 is secured by any suitable coupling means 7 to the brush cutter, and this chain or cable is connected to a lever (not shown).

By the construction just described it is clear to one skilled in this art that the said brush cutter will be raised and lowered as occasion requires.

In order to prevent the cutter from sliding sidewise, and yet not interfere with the steering of the engine, I provide at each side of the push-bar D, a chaln or cable 8 the inner ends of which are anchored by any suitable means to the front axle 9, and the outer ends of which are anchored by any suitable means to the push-bar D.

B and D. This platform holds the side bars V-shaped What'I claim as my invention is:

1. A brush cutter comprising a V-shaped frame; a push-bar centrally incorporated with said frame and extending behind. the same; a knife secured down each side of said frame and below the top thereof so that the sides of the frame will come in contact with the cut brush and cause it to be deposited at each side of the cutter;

flexible coupling means carried by the inner end of said push-bar, and flexible supporting means connected to said push-bar behind the said frame,

2. A brush cutter comprising a V-sh'apcd frame; a. push-bar centrally incorporated with said frame and extending behind the same; a knife secured down each side of said frame and below the top thereof so that the sides of the frame will come in contact with the cut brush and cause it to be deposited at each side of the cutter; a capplate having a V-shaped end forming cutting sides, secured to the forward ends of said knives and overlapping the same so as to brace them together; flexible coupling means carried by the inner end of said pushbar, and flexible supporting means connected to said push-bar behind the said frame.

3. In a traction engine, the combination with the draw-bar and the steering axle thereof, of a brush cutter comprising a V- shaped frame provided down each side with a knife; a push bar centrally incorporated with said frame and extending back of Copies of this pat ent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

" Washington, D. C. 

